Job Title: Transportation Supervisor
Department: Supply Chain/Logistics
Location: Camarillo, California, or La Quinta, California
Reports To: Director of Sales and Marketing
Travel: some (depending on the business needs)
FLSA: Exempt
Salary Range: $85,000 (D.O.E)
Work Schedule: This role requires a minimum of 40 hours per week. Due to the continuous, 24/7 nature of our logistics operations, scheduling is established by the Director of Sales and Marketing in accordance with business needs. Availability during nights, weekends, and
holidays is expected.
About Us:
Prime Time Produce is a leading grower‑shipper of bell peppers and specialty produce, supplying top retail, foodservice, and wholesale customers across North America. As we continue to grow, transportation excellence becomes even more critical to our service, cost, and operational performance. This role strengthens that capability.
Role Overview:
The Transportation Supervisor manages daily freight execution while improving how we schedule loads, manage carriers, and coordinate across teams. This is a hands‑on, decision‑making role, not a transactional dispatch seat. You will solve problems, improve processes, and directly influence service and cost outcomes.
There is a clear path to growing into a Transportation Manager or broader Supply Chain leadership role.
What Success Looks Like:
- Execute freight daily with consistent on-time performance
- Build efficient loads that reduce cost without sacrificing service
- Strengthen carrier reliability and accountability
- Communicate clearly and proactively across teams
- Improve structure, tracking, and follow-through in key processes
- Operate independently and solve problems before they escalate
What You’ll Own
Freight Execution & Scheduling
- Schedule and secure freight for all outbound shipments
- Build efficient truckloads across multiple shipping points
- Coordinate with warehouses on timing, readiness, and dock flow
- Ensure consistent on‑time pickup and delivery performance
Carrier Management
- Manage and strengthen carrier relationships
- Source and onboard new carriers as needed
- Track performance and enforce service standards
- Maintain compliance, insurance, and documentation
- Own freight claims from initiation through resolution
Communication & Coordination
- Serve as the primary point of contact for shipment status
- Communicate risks, delays, and solutions early
- Coordinate daily with sales, customer service, and operations
- Support customer communication when needed
Process Improvement & Reporting
- Identify and implement efficiency improvements
- Maintain accurate shipment tracking and documentation
- Monitor freight costs and performance trends
- Support rate benchmarking and seasonal planning
What the Role Looks Like
- You’ll manage multiple shipments and make real-time decisions
- Priorities will shift, you’ll need to adjust quickly
- You’ll work cross-functionally every day
- You’re expected to stay ahead of problems, not react to them
We value execution, ownership, and communication over rigid process.
Who Thrives in This Role
- Organized, detail-oriented, and adaptable
- Takes ownership and follows through
- Communicates clearly and proactively
- Comfortable making decisions in a fast-paced environment
- Focused on solving problems and improving processes
Qualifications
- 1–3 years in transportation, logistics, or supply chain (produce a plus)
- Understanding of freight and carrier operations (reefer experience a plus)
- Strong organizational and problem-solving skills
- Proficient in Excel and general business tools
- Able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
Our Core Values
- Accountable – We own our responsibilities and follow through.
- Solutions Oriented – We focus on solving problems.
- Better Every Day – We continuously improve.
- Coachable – We seek and apply feedback.
- Effective Communicator – We communicate clearly and proactively.
What This Role Offers
- Competitive compensation
- Exposure to a growing, dynamic supply chain
- Clear path for advancement
- High standards, strong team, and real responsibility
Benefits:
- Medical, dental, vision
- Paid time off and holidays
- 401(k) eligibility
Our Hiring Approach
We don’t hire based on checklists.
We hire people who execute, take ownership, and grow with the business.
If that’s you, we should talk!
Work Environment & Physical Requirements
This is an on‑site role with daily interaction across operations, sales, warehouse teams, and carriers. This role may require occasional work in warehouse or cold‑chain environments, including time spent near loading docks, coolers, and staging areas.
The physical demands described here represent those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job, with or without reasonable accommodation:
- Regularly required to stand, walk, and use hands to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls
- Regularly required to reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear
- Occasionally required to climb or balance
- Must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds
- Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds
- Specific vision abilities required include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
The employee is occasionally exposed to hot, cold, wet, and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; high or precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions; and extreme cold or heat.
Candidate understands the duties and essential functions of the position and can perform these duties with or without reasonable accommodation.
Prime Time is an Equal Opportunity Employer